Israel’s prime minister, Benjamín Netanyahu, announced this Sunday that the Israeli government, after more than two months of blocking, will immediately resume the entry of trucks with humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, On the edge of the famineaccording to Palestinian authorities.
“On the recommendation of the army and due to the operational need to allow the expansion of intense fighting to defeat HamasIsrael will introduce a basic amount of food to the population to ensure that there is no hunger crisis in the Gaza Strip “, includes a statement released by the Office of Israeli Prime Minister.
“Israel will work to deny Hamas to take control of the distribution of humanitarian aid, to guarantee that help does not reach Hamas’s terrorists“He adds. Although yes, in the message, the Netanyahu cabinet does not specify when or how that help will be reintroduced.
The Netanyahu office speaks only of letting food in, when the blockade that Israel maintains since March 2 also affects medicines, drinking water, fuel and all kinds of supplies.
A massive restriction that has made hundreds of trucks accumulate in the divide with Gaza without being able to help more than 60,000 hungry children, according to UNICEF, who already suffer from acute malnutrition.
